Investigations into public-fund misuse, contracting fraud, and accountability failures in government agencies.
Washington Governor Bob Ferguson agreed to a $4,000 ethics settlement after admitting he violated state ethics law by flying former adviser Mike Webb on a State Patrol aircraft. Furthermore, the same week the settlement was announced, Axios revealed a secret approval policy requiring most state agencies to clear press releases and reporter responses through the…
A King County DCHS program manager allegedly funneled approximately $813,000 in public grants to her own daughter, two brothers, a cousin, and a sister-in-law through 19 contracts issued between 2022 and 2025. Furthermore, county officials received a complaint about the conflict of interest as early as 2020 — and did not formally investigate until 2025….
The dissolution moved from rhetoric to reality on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. King County Councilmember Rod Dembowski formally introduced legislation to end the county’s participation in the King County Regional Homelessness Authority. Vice Chair Reagan Dunn co-sponsored. A companion Seattle measure from Councilmember Maritza Rivera is moving in parallel. The plan: a formal council vote…
A KCRHA audit released April 22, 2026 found $13 million unaccounted for and a $44.7 million negative cash position at the King County Regional Homelessness Authority. The forensic review by Clark Nuber cost taxpayers $600,000. Auditors found no evidence of fraud — but stated they could not rule it out, citing missing records. Mayor Katie…
Who really runs Seattle? Not Bruce Harrell. Not Katie Wilson. The mayor’s office has changed hands twice in five years. The corporate-real estate machine and the labor-progressive machine spend millions fighting each other on stage. Behind them, the same 18-member appointed boards, the same three or four political consulting firms, the same 60-plus revolving-door lobbyists,…
The Sound Transit failure is now officially a $185 billion boondoggle with a $35 billion cost overrun and a $20-30 billion affordability gap through 2046. Every man, woman, and child in the three-county tax district now owes roughly $55,000 toward a rail system most of them will never ride. Pierce County voted against ST3 and…
TL;DR: The Portland homeless industrial complex spends more than $700 million a year. That is roughly 10 times what Portland and Multnomah County spent in 2017. Yet the metro area’s homeless count has climbed 61 percent in two years. The Portland homeless industrial complex funnels that money through a tangle of 50-plus nonprofits. Lobbying rules…
By The PNWindependent Investigative Team April 23, 2026 FEDERAL WAY, WA — The long-awaited KCRHA forensic audit was released this week, confirming a catastrophic fiscal collapse within the agency. According to the KCRHA forensic audit, the King County Regional Homelessness Authority is currently facing a $44.7 million deficit and has failed to account for $13…
